T. B. Corey
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- Jan 18, 1891The Ghost of Labor Unrest in NewcastleA local coal miner pushes back against sensationalist newspaper reports of an 'impending strike,' exposing the tense standoff between workers, company bosses, and imported armed guards.Newcastle, WA
- Feb 25, 1891The Coal Mine Wars of NewcastleA bitter, multi-year feud between rival miners' unions at the Newcastle coal mines turns violent, leaving families blacklisted and armed detectives patrolling the company town.Newcastle, WA
- Feb 28, 1893Disaster Averted at the Franklin MinesA broken cable sends an empty coal car plunging into the depths of a flooded mine, barely missing a catastrophic accident for the workers.Black Diamond, WA
- Jun 10, 1894The Mud-Slinging Rivalry of Newcastle and GilmanA friendly visit between two mining towns turns into a disastrous, mud-caked lesson in humility for a local horseman.Issaquah, WA
- Aug 25, 1894The Franklin Mine Fire: Thirty-Seven Dead, Not a Scratch on ThemA fire in breast sixty-two traps miners between flame and return airway; bodies are laid in rows as Seattle sends a special train.Black Diamond, WA
- Aug 26, 1894A Jury Called the Franklin Mine Fire Arson. Thirty-Seven Miners Were Already Dead.A coroner's jury found that someone deliberately set the fire that suffocated 37 workers in the Franklin mine. The only survivor described how one opened door and one stopped fan turned the gangway into a death trap.Black Diamond, WA
- Aug 27, 1894A Mountain of Coffins: Franklin Buries Its MinersAfter a mine fire killed 37 men, the coal town of Franklin held a day of funerals—five graves at Black Diamond, three Italian miners on a hillside, and widows whose grief doctors feared would kill them.Franklin Cemetery, Black Diamond, WA
- Jan 5, 1895The Mine Strike That Ended in a Shooting — and a NonsuitWashington’s Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of the Thornburn family’s damages suit after violence between striking miners and Black strikebreakers at the Franklin and Newcastle coal mines.Black Diamond, WA